Bhubaneswar, Dec. 17 -- The death of a Class IX student at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in Bhubaneswar has taken a major turn, with the Twin City Commissionerate Police on Wednesday claiming that the boy was murdered by his own classmates.

As per the police, the student was allegedly assaulted and strangulated inside a hostel washroom following a dispute, contradicting the institute's earlier claim that he had died after slipping in a bathroom.

According to the Commissionerate Police, three students have been detained in connection with the incident, and the case is being investigated by Infocity Police Station on the basis of a Zero FIR. Senior police officials confirmed that preliminary findings point to homicidal v...